Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-02-24
BRIGHAM YoUNG's TRICK.

BRIGHAM Y0UNG'S TRlCk.
nv Rumor Of His Resurrection Got Abroad
~ rtah-An Advance Agent for Patent
T,si, Finds II Profitable TO Use the Biga-
mist's Name
New York Star
The many widows of Brigham Young
ga in furry of excitement oyer the ru-
nor that he is expected home from his
tomb. Mr. Brigham Young, according to
~ friends, has now been in heaven some
sir or seven years; and according to his
enemies has been keeping up the furna-
ces in the large rolling mill of Beelzebub
daring the same period. His friends say
rat he will come back from Paradise
carving q carpet bag, filled perhaps with
snecimens of gold from the pavements,
- iasper from the sidewalks, and of
;vorv from the gctes; while his enemies
5sclsre he will come back looking like a
rpder, and will parhaps carry pitchfork
on his shoulder to hang up in the Nor
mon temple.
Since the revelations of a few days
AGO the belief has become general among
ne gentiles that Brigham Young was
ugV Durltu Dul, OD bLt COnhI dliSHh-
ed his own funeral, following his own
bearse. shed tears over his own coffin,
and mas since paused at his tomb to read
his own epitaph. One man claims that
he once caught him planting flowers on
his own grave. The Mormon prophet, it
Is said, has been living since his funeral
in cheap boarding houses in out of the
wav places calmly waiting for his own
resurrection,
The Mormons think that he is really
dead and buried, and they expect him to
step out of his grave any fine morning
and step back to the mormon temple and
preach mp collection. His wives are in
great perplexity, as some of them are
already engaged to well known Mormons,
and the resurrection of Brigham Young
will be followed by a score of divorce
suits with half the Mormon church as CO.
respondents. A gentleman arrived here
to-day who declares that he saw Brigham
Young in London last Christmas occupy
ing a stall at the pautomine in Drury
Lane Theater He says that he believes
Brigham Young is now living in seclus-
ion in New York:
A gentleman who met Mr. Brigham
Young recently says Mr.. Young looked
quite old but he seemed to be in excellent
spirits.
Have you heard the rumor that
Brigham Young is alive?" asked the gen
tleman.
II have heard it, replied the old man
without any hesitation. and 1 yant to say
that it is trne. / am alive.
"You have never been buried thenW
you are mistaken have been bur
led"
Buried in snow, perhaps?"
NO sir; buried in grave, buried with
six feet of ground over me, buried in a
cofiu.n
How happens it, then, that you are
aliye?"
II was resurrected,'
"Resurrected? ?"
yes, sir; resurrected. ! came of out
The grave in sixteen hours"
when will you go to Salt Lake City,"
II got letter o-day. / shall go in
about two weeks
when will you be resurrected?'
81 have been obliged to postpone my
resurrection at Salt Lalss City on account
of the story in the New York World. One
Of the Mormon elders has written to me
protesting against it, but l am determin
ed to be resurrected there
This is very strange"
Not bit of it. You see / am the ad-
vance agent for Wilson d Thorn pson's
safety coffin. 1t sells like hot cakes, and
is the best thing going; it prevents man
from being buried alive. Half the peo-
pie in the world are buried alive, you
know I've got the entire territory of
Utah. / get in the coffin and am buried.
| get half the town to come out there TO
see the resurrection" In fifteen or six
teen hosrs l come out of the grave smil-
ing, and sell fourteen or fifteen collins on
the spot. Never failed to come up yet.
It's great thing. You see, the Mormons
object to my advertising resurrections
IN Utah because my name is Brigham
Young. I've been in the business fourteen
years, and nobody else ever objected to
the name.
This is my card;
= . o o . %
BRIGHAM j. YOUNG,
General agent for Wilson j.
lhOmnsOnis aafetv coffina